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Track: Main Session

Session I: Central Venous Stenosis and Occlusion Revisited

Thursday, October 30, 2025
7:50 AM - 9:30 AM East Coast USA Time

    Moderator(s)

  • Karl Illig, MD

    Chief Medical Officer
    FLOW Vascular Institute
    Houston, TX, United States

  • Larry Scher, MD

    Professor of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery
    Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine
    Albert Einstein College of Medicine
    Chappaqua, NY, United States

    • Panelist(s)

  • NM

    Nicholas Morrissey, MD

    Professor of Surgery
    Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons
    Columbia University
    New York, NY, United States

  • Scott Trerotola, MD

    Penn Medicine
    Perelman School of Medicine
    Newtown Square, PA, United States

  • Marcio Filippo, MD

    Vascular Surgeon
    Clinica VENE
    Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
    Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

  • Theodore Saad, MD

    Partner
    Nephrology Associates, P.A.
    Thomas Jefferson University, Sidney Kimmel Medical College
    Newark, DE, United States

  • Lee Kirksey, MD, MBA

    Vice Chairman
    Dept of Vascular Surgery
    The Cleveland Clinic
    Cleveland, OH, United States

Presentations:

  • 7:50 AM - 8:00 AM East Coast USA Time
    Welcome Remarks

    Speaker: Karl A. Illig, MD – FLOW Vascular Institute

  • 8:00 AM - 8:06 AM East Coast USA Time
    CVO: Scope of the Problem

    Speaker: Nicholas Morrissey, MD – Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons

  • 8:06 AM - 8:12 AM East Coast USA Time
    Aggressive Interventional Procedures

    Speaker: Scott Trerotola, MD – Penn Medicine

  • 8:12 AM - 8:18 AM East Coast USA Time
    Techniques of Lower Extremity Access

    Speaker: Marcio Filippo, MD – Clinica VENE

  • 8:18 AM - 8:24 AM East Coast USA Time
    Who is Truly Catheter Dependent?

    Speaker: Theodore F. Saad, MD – Nephrology Associates, P.A.

  • 8:24 AM - 8:39 AM East Coast USA Time
    Panel Discussion

    Panelist: Nicholas Morrissey, MD – Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons

    Panelist: Scott Trerotola, MD – Penn Medicine

    Panelist: Marcio Filippo, MD – Clinica VENE

  • 8:39 AM - 8:45 AM East Coast USA Time
    Upstairs: Surfacer and HeRO in All Cases

    Speaker: Karl A. Illig, MD – FLOW Vascular Institute

  • 8:45 AM - 8:51 AM East Coast USA Time
    Downstairs: Leg Access is Best

    Speaker: Lee Kirksey, MD, MBA – The Cleveland Clinic

  • 8:51 AM - 8:53 AM East Coast USA Time
    Rebuttal

    Speaker: Karl A. Illig, MD – FLOW Vascular Institute

  • 8:53 AM - 8:55 AM East Coast USA Time
    Rebuttal

    Speaker: Lee Kirksey, MD, MBA – The Cleveland Clinic

  • 8:55 AM - 9:30 AM East Coast USA Time
    Case Presentations

    Case Presenter: Matthew Smeds, MD – Saint Louis University

    Case Presenter: Lee Kirksey, MD, MBA – The Cleveland Clinic

    Case Presenter: Marcio Filippo, MD – Clinica VENE

    Case Presenter: Bart Dolmatch, MD, FSIR, Professor Emeritus – The Palo Alto Medical Foundation

    Case Presenter: Nicholas Morrissey, MD – Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons

    Case Presenter: Scott Trerotola, MD – Penn Medicine